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When to incorporate design thinking in scrum
Integrating design principles into the development process improves customer and user experiences.
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3 usability standards for web and mobile applications
Create applications that delight people with disabilities, customers in other countries, and real-world users.
Knowledge management for agile and devops teams
Developers may come and go, but good documentation lasts forever—and is valuable to many different audiences.
16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID
The coronavirus crisis has shaken up business as usual, with some IT strategies and tools rising to the occasion and others in line for a rethink or tough recovery post-pandemic.
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The future of work: Coming sooner than you think
What will your worklife be like years from now? Today's work-from-home world has given us a glimpse of the future, as these five articles from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World illustrate.
How to measure developer productivity — and how not to
If you’re using software development productivity metrics to evaluate developer performance, then you’re doing it wrong. For best results, tie them to business outcomes.
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How to mandate agility in software development, operations, and data science
Spoiler alert! The honest answer is that you can’t mandate agility, but you can achieve it through consensus by focusing on the benefits.
How agile development teams use value streams
Value stream mapping can help IT align projects with business impact and set priorities.
5 signs your agile development process must change
Shallow backlogs, missed commitments, low morale, and defects may indicate your agile process needs more than a few minor tweaks.
Applying agile in POCs for emerging technologies
From story writing to scrums and sprints, agile can improve the proof of concept process.
5 things CIOs want from app developers
Balance the trade-offs between innovation and reliability by keeping code stable, delighting users, and avoiding tech for tech’s sake.
BizOps Manifesto urges business-tech alignment
Coalition sets down 14 guiding principles to ensure that digital transformation projects meet business objectives
5 ways agile devops teams can support IT service desks
Regarding the end-user support staff as stakeholders with their own insights and needs creates better deployments for everyone
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Simplify agile, devops, and ITSM with Jira automations
Automating integrations, repeat tasks, or multistep workflows can improve productivity and data quality
What SREs want application developers to know
5 best practices to keep everyone on the same page and avoid problems before they happen
Defining a continuous testing strategy
For the most business value, develop a testing program based on personas, best practices, and agile principles
3 ways to apply agile to data science and dataops
Take an agile approach to dashboards, machine learning models, cleansing data sources, and data governance
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